Broad-bodied Chaser

About: A medium-sized, broad bodied dragonfly, up to 6.5cm long. The male has a powder blue body with yellow spots along the sides, and a dark thorax. The female is greeny-brown instead of blue. On the wing from the end of May to August. A common dragonfly of ponds and small lakes.

How to identify: There are several medium sized, pale blue dragonflies that can be confused. This species can be told the combination of a broad body, blue right to the tip and chocolate brown eyes.

Where: Southern and central England and south Wales.

Natural Superpowers

Predator: 70

Agility: 80

Rarity: 40

Cute factor: 30

Traveller: 50

Fantastic fact: Often the first dragonfly to arrive and breed in garden ponds.